john bolton joins us now from houston. what are they doing? i want to ask the obvious. >> that is beyond me. i really cannot understand what is happening. it is interesting that a number of generals are getting thrown under the bus. it is not like it is something serious like community organizers. dagen: in terms of, what is the most critical thing out of this scandal? the fact that the focus is now off of benghazi? we can go through the timeline of who knew what and when in the administration and various forms of government, but is it the fact that our focus has completely shifted away from what happened in libya? >> well, yes, but i think the two are related. the most important fact here that has been resorted to by "wall street journal" and fox is that attorney general eric holder knew of the petraeus situation in the late summer. it is inconceivable to me, and i speak as an alumnus of the department, inconceivable to me, that if one of them had heard about a comparable circumstance that he would not have talked to the president almost imme